#491480#491480

#491480 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.164 H 299.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491480
RGB	rgb(73, 20, 128)
HSL	hsl(269, 73%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(269, 84%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 84.4%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.85, 45.34, -49.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.85, 67.34, 312.33°)
OKLab	oklab(34.72% 0.0808 -0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(34.72% 0.164 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.8931, 3.4752, 20.7255)
Luminance	0.0348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491480 #4B8014

analogous

#141580 #491480 #7F1480

triadic

#491480 #804914 #148049

tetradic

#491480 #801415 #4B8014 #14807F

square

#491480 #801415 #4B8014 #14807F

split-complementary

#491480 #807F14 #158014

monochromatic

#0F041A #2B0C4B #491480 #671CB5 #8630DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.39

#491480 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#491480 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491480

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491480	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491480	1.00	12.39	1.70	12.39
#FFFFFF	12.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003483

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00337E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C334B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491480;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 20, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.164 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825aa6',
    500: '#491480',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491480;
$custom-light: #825aa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491480",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.444,
    "s": 72.973,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34721,
    "c": 0.16377,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491480

secondary

#79B53B

accent

#F03896

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #491480

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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